Boulder County Preps

26/07/2024

Broomfield’s Kai Trujillo knew what it meant to start from the bottom and end up a champion.

Last year, the senior No. 1 singles player, having exited the Class 5A individual state tennis tournament in the first round a season earlier, rose all the way to the top of Colorado’s biggest classification, defeating Grandview’s Justin Son in straight sets.

He put in the hard work over the summer to make his dream a reality. And while that Eagle has flown the nest, plenty of other interesting storylines abound with the players that remain.

Trujillo put in the hard work over the summer to make his dream a reality. And while that Eagle has flown the nest, plenty of other interesting storylines abound with the players that remain.

25/07/2024

With a gold medal wrapped around her neck, local hoops star Alexandra Eschmeyer posed in celebration photos as the United States’ under-age 17 women’s basketball team won the FIBA World Cup this past weekend.

 The Americans beat Canada by 20 in the final on Sunday.

23/07/2024

Just three days remain until the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Eleven athletes with ties to Boulder and Broomfield Counties will be wearing the red, white and blue once the competition kicks off.

Valarie Allman, of Silver Creek High School in Longmont, will be defending her gold medal from the 2020 Tokyo Games, while other familiar faces like Niwot’s Elise Cranny, CU’s Valerie Constien and Boulder’s Brooke Raboutou will be returning for Team USA.

Eleven athletes with ties to Boulder and Broomfield Counties will be wearing the red, white and blue once the competition kicks off.

23/07/2024

Holy Family’s Isabella Arroyo set expectations so high following her freshman season — a perfect 18-0 in the circle while leading the Tigers to a 4A state title — there seemed nowhere to go but down.

It’s just not what happened. The two-time BoCoPreps.com player of the year’s career remains a spectacle somewhere up in the clouds.

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Holy Family’s Isabella Arroyo set expectations so high following her freshman season — a perfect 18-0 in the circle while leading the Tigers to a 4A state title — there seemed nowhere to go but dow…

22/07/2024

Boulder grads Bjorn Riley and Madigan Munro win natty titles this past weekend. Riley wins both elite races. Munro wins U23 long-course race.

 Riley prevailed in the men’s elite cross-country Olympic-distance and short-track races in Pennsylvania this past weekend.

20/07/2024

Like a sharp rise generally associated with a climb up Long’s Peak, Om Mathur’s journey through his golf career has been nothing short of incredible.

Just two years after he first picked up a driver, the Peak to Peak player, now a senior, ascended to a Class 3A state championship through steady course play, leading both days at RainDance National before capturing the title by two strokes.

His breakout victory led a coalition on local talent on the links last year.

Like a sharp rise generally associated with a climb up Long’s Peak, Om Mathur’s journey through his golf career has been nothing short of incredible.

19/07/2024

When one of the greatest high school soccer coaches in Colorado history stepped down, uncertainty abounded over what the future of Broomfield boys soccer would hold. Two seasons later, Jim Davidson’s successor put all of that doubt to rest.

The Eagles’ Class 5A state championship run, capped off with a flawless bicycle kick from Marcus Von and a high-stakes shootout in the title game, provided plenty of heart-stopping moments for their fans and coach, Zach Hindman last year. They needed three overtimes just to get there.

The Eagles’ Class 5A state championship run, capped off with a flawless bicycle kick from Marcus Von and a high-stakes shootout in the title game, provided plenty of heart-stopping moments fo…

18/07/2024

Since winning her first state title in cross country last year, Niwot’s Addy Ritzenhein has become a household name in the world of running.

Visually, like a polygraph needle in Congress, her last handful of months have spiked off the charts. She won the Nike cross country national championship as a sophomore in December, before being named the Gatorade’s national runner of the year a month later. She claimed three more titles in track and field during the spring. And just last week, she was spotted among the top athletes in the world at the 2024 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles.

16/07/2024

From the moment that Otto Black first joined Colorado Top Team and Mead wrestling, he raised the bar for two programs that were already teeming with talent. He hasn’t stopped making the Mavericks proud, even after his graduation.

Last week, with a brace on his right knee, the 18-year-old won the gold at the U-20 Pan-American Championships in Lima, Peru, after defeating the other 63 kg grapplers in the Greco-Roman division.

Last week, with a brace on his right knee, the 18-year-old won the gold at the U-20 Pan-American Championships in Lima, Peru, after defeating the other 63 kg grapplers in the Greco-Roman division.

15/07/2024

Playing alongside some of the top-ranked high school players in the country, Peak to Peak’s Alexandra Eschmeyer made her imprint on Team USA’s 85-point win on the second day of the FIBA under-age 17 Women’s Basketball World Cup in Irapuato, Mexico.

Eschmeyer is playing for the US at the FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup.

11/07/2024

The regular baseball season provided Holy Family senior Jayden Watts with a test of mental and physical fortitude, only to see the first baseman explode in the offseason.

The regular baseball season provided Holy Family senior Jayden Watts with a test of mental and physical fortitude, only to see the first baseman explode in the offseason.

11/07/2024

Wyatt Waters doesn’t rely on a devastating fastball on the mound. Frankly, because he doesn’t have one.

The Lyons grad knows as more skilled hitters await him in college ball, it’ll be important to give a jump to a fastball currently peaking in the low 80s. It’s just not everything.

Wyatt Waters doesn’t rely on a devastating fastball on the mound. Frankly, because he doesn’t have one. The Lyons grad knows as more skilled hitters await him in college ball, it’ll be important to…

10/07/2024

Jaccob Slavin, an Erie High School graduate who has become an elite defender in the National Hockey League over the past decade, is cashing in.

Slavin signed an eight-year $51.69 million deal.

06/07/2024

48 locals made the list.

48 locals made the list.

06/07/2024

From a young age, long before he took up pole vaulting, TJ Rowan’s coach knew he was destined for great things in the sport.

From a young age, long before he took up pole vaulting, TJ Rowan’s coach knew he was destined for great things in the sport.

06/07/2024

“He’s one of the kids you definitely want on your team,” he said of the Longmont Times-Call boys’ track and field athlete of the year. “He’s high energy. He runs with emotion.”

As far as a pure competitor, track and field coach Maurice Henriques said he would put Rocco Culpepper into his “top five” among all the athletes, All-Americans and Olympians (oh hey El…

06/07/2024

Two years into her high school running career, Niwot sophomore Addy Ritzenhein has been raking in the accolades like it’s her job — or, rather, like she’s continuing the family business.

As the daughter of a former Olympian and a former CU All-American, Addy’s life has always circulated around running. Her mother, Kalin (Toedebusch), took her to the 2012 London Olympics to watch her father, Dathan, compete among the world’s best athletes.

At the time, running didn’t interest her very much.

Two years into her high school running career, Niwot sophomore Addy Ritzenhein has been raking in the accolades like it’s her job — or, rather, like she’s continuing the family business.

06/07/2024

All the local girls who made the Colorado High School Activities Association girls' all-state team in track and field. All 51 of them.

Every year, Boulder County and the area that surrounds it is teeming with track and field talent. The ladies from our area proved as much this year with 51 selections to CHSAA’s all-state tea…

03/07/2024

The Paris Summer Olympics may be just around the corner, but one sport from the 2020 Games will be notably absent. That’s where Kamran and Kelara Mandani come in.

For the past 34 years, the Mandani family has run the International Martialarts Association karate school off of Main Street in Louisville, and co-owner Kamran — who graduated from Broomfield High School in 2014 — had the chance to represent Team USA as an alternate the last go-round in Tokyo.

The Paris Summer Olympics may be just around the corner, but one sport from the 2020 Games will be notably absent. That’s where Kamran and Kelara Mandani come in.

02/07/2024

Broomfield teacher Tyler Oliver, the 2009 Centaurus grad who recently landed the boys’ basketball head coaching job at his alma mater, can’t get far outside his classroom without running into an opportunity to discuss basketball.

Tyler Oliver was named Centaurus’ new head boys’ basketball coach.

29/06/2024

Four years ago, Thornton’s Sabina Czauz and Boulder’s Tomas Majetic had just picked up a tennis racket. Four years ago, they never could have imagined where that moment would take them.

Last month, the pair of 17-year-old wheelchair players — along with teammates Max Wong (New York) and Charlie Cooper (California) — won the BNP Paribas World Team Cup at the Megasaray Club Belek in Antalya, Turkey.

A United States team hadn’t won since 2017.

Four years ago, Thornton’s Sabina Czauz and Boulder’s Tomas Majetic had just picked up a tennis racket. Four years ago, they never could have imagined where that moment would take them.

28/06/2024

Valarie Allman is headed to the Paris Games next month. And the timing, she thinks, couldn’t be much better.

Allman dominated at the U.S. Team Trials, winning the discus event.

27/06/2024

31 local girls soccer players made the all-state team.

31 locals made the list.

27/06/2024

With every passing year, Mead junior Katy Adler seems to gain strength on the soccer pitch. Her coach believes her innate ability to play nearly any position — save for keeper — makes her invaluable to the Mavericks and a nightmare for her opponents.

“She might be able to do that, but I don’t think she would,” Mead head coach Shane Adler joked. “Katy’s very good at always adding new things to her bag, new moves, and she’s good at getting reps in at different shots, different angles. … I love that when we get into a tight game, if we’re up 1-0 and we kind of just need to preserve the lead, Katy is more than willing to just to drop and help us lock down a one-goal lead.”

With every passing year, Mead junior Katy Adler seems to gain strength on the soccer pitch. Her coach believes her innate ability to play nearly any position — save for keeper — makes her invaluabl…

27/06/2024

Year in and year out, it seems Jefferson Academy girls soccer always has one or two prolific scorers that can carry it deep into the playoffs.

This season, that mantle passed onto senior Gianna Gagliano, whose 36 goals and 10 assists helped propel the Jaguars to their third consecutive appearance in the Class 3A state championship, where they fell 3-1 to Colorado Academy. Her coach, Matt Cassell, believed she may be one of the top five players to come through the program.

Year in and year out, it seems Jefferson Academy girls soccer always has one or two prolific scorers that can carry it deep into the playoffs.

26/06/2024

Elise Cranny, a 2014 grad from Niwot High School who made the Tokyo Games in 2021, finished second in the 5,000-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Oregon on Monday, officially punching her ticket for the Paris Games next month.

Niwot grad makes her second Olympic Games.

26/06/2024

Broomfield defensive back Mikhail Benner’s dad, an Air Force veteran, wanted to make sure his son wasn’t flipping his commitment from Central Michigan to the Academy because of him.

“He even asked me, are you sure this is what you want? You’re not doing this for me, right?” said Benner, announcing his committal to the Air Force Academy via social media Monday. “And I was like, kind of, and kind of not.”

Mikhail Benner committed to Air Force on Monday, decommitting from Central Michigan.